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Berry Johnston called a bet in the small blind from mid-position Dutch Boyd just now on a flop. The turn was the . Now Johnston bet out, called by Boyd. The river came the and once again Johnston led out, and got a call.
He showed which was good for the whole pot as the low had failed to materialise on board.
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A strange hand saw an unknown opponent take the call or check-call route to the river vs. Carol Kline in Stud hi-low. Eventually their hands looked like so:
Kline [XXX]
Opponent [XXX]
Kline showed which was good for both low and high (two pair) despite her opponent's open nines. We'll never know what he had as his cards hit the muck faster than the race to the men's room at the dinner break.
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A number of young players known just as well or better by their online handles have dipped a toe into the Omaha/Stud hi-low event. Most recently spotted: Aurangzeb 'Ozzy87' Sheikh, who's only just legally able to take his seat in WSOP events. His table might not recognise - yet(even people he's tangled with online might not) but he's definitely one to watch.
More players of note:
CK Hua
Perry Friedman
Lee Childs
Jason Mercier
Thor Hansen
Vitaly Lunkin (fresh from taking down the $40k Anniversary Tournament bracelet)
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Richard 'Chufty' Ashby is another one of those online-all-rounders who's been spotted in the far corner playing on Barry Greenstein's table. Pot limit Omaha might be his regular game, but limit hi-low/stud seems to have tempted him to the game. Ashby does appear to be playing injured, though as he has bandaged fingers. Perhaps they got caught in the till?
In fact Greenstein and Ashby just tangled in a Stud-8 hand as follows:
Caught from sixth street when a nice little pot was brewing, Ashby bet as he picked up a four, leaving their hands looking like:
Ashby:
Greenstein:
Greenstein made the call, and they received their final cards. Ashby bet again on the river, but this time found Greenstein pausing and then throwing out a raise. He made the call fairly swiftly, showing his [] for the full house. Greenstein flipped his low-winning [] and they chopped it up.
On the way out, Jan Fisher was telling the floor that due to the ludicrous number of gents milling around during the break in today's $1,500 event, the Ladies' room in the hallway has become a Gents'! This convenience inconvenience won't stop Jan Fisher, apparently, nor would it would me if I were in a hand.
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This being a limit tournament, and a hi-low one at that, there have been no insta-bustouts or huge early pots. But the chips have been slowly but surely changing hands, and here are a few stacks to give you some idea into whose paws they've fallen (I have yet to see a stack beating Lisandro, though):
Perry Friedman - 6,300
Amnon Filippi - 11,350
Carol Kline - 9,400
Aurangzeb 'Ozzy87' Sheikh - 4,025
Vitaly Lunkin - 9,000
Sebastian Ruthenberg - 6,400
Allen Kessler - 7,150
Jeff Madsen - 7,050
Michael Keiner - 10,500
Thor Hansen - 7,000
Katja Thater - 6,100
Linda Johnson - 9,350
Chris Ferguson - 9,400
Joe Serock - 9,000
Jeff Lisandro - 14,200
Raymond Davis - 9,300
Gavin Smith - 15,000
Brett Richey - 6,500
Chad Brown - 6,000
Esther 'E-tay' Taylor - 5,500
Daniel Negreanu - 8,000
Jacob Fernandez - 8,000
Eli Elezra - 3,300
Brett Jungblut - 6,000
Layne Flack - 4,500
Cyndy Violette - 5,000
Hollywood Dave Stann - 9,000
Annie Duke - 9,000
Andy Bloch - 4,000
Sam Khouiss- 8,000
Jon Turner - 11,500
Chau Giang - 8,500
David Levy - 3,000
Phil Ivey - 7,800
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It looks like Dario Alioto and Dario Minieri are destined to share tables this summer. If they hadn't had enough of each other during day one of the $10k Deuce-to-seven yesterday, they've got more bonding time on the Omaha/Stud-8 starting day.
Dario Minieri - 8,600
Dario Alioto - 9,200
More chip counts:
James Mackey - 7,000
Michael Mizrachi - 7,000
Pat Pezzin - 6,800
Jennifer Harman - 9,000
Justin Young - 7,000
Mel Judah - 12,000
Shannon Elizabeth - 7,400
Todd Brunson - 7,500
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Chris Ferguson, whom I somehow failed to notice on the first sweep despite his being one of the most distinctive people in poker, has been chatting away with his table. Passing by, you only get snippets of conversations, but this one seemed to be about the millions of combinations of moves in chess vs. those in scrabble. Perry Friedman was just commenting about the starting moves in Scrabble when he had to pay attention to an Omaha hand.
He raised under the gun (300), called by the big blind only. The bb check-called on the flop.
The turn was the . Check to Friedman again, who bet and was quickly raised. He repopped it to 900 - call.
The river: Now there was a quick double-check, as Friedman said, "I missed the diamonds."
"What diamonds did you have," said the bb, showing the second nut flush draw and Aces: .
"Just the nut diamond draw," replied Friedman, showing for the low. Chop chop!
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A 2,200 Omaha hi-lo pot just went the way of UK player Sonny Osman. It was caught from the turn, where he was betting a board into Cyndy Violette. She made the call, and saw a river. He bet once more (300) and this time she thought for a while, but made the call.
He showed which appeared to be good enough as the pot shipped his way. Just because these games aren't super popular across the pond, doesn't mean there aren't a few who've played them a good while and are prepared to take on a sea of Americans...
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flop. The turn was the 
. Now Johnston bet out, called by Boyd. The river came the 
and once again Johnston led out, and got a call.
which was good for the whole pot as the low had failed to materialise on board.
which was good for both low and high (two pair) despite her opponent's open nines. We'll never know what he had as his cards hit the muck faster than the race to the men's room at the dinner break.
. Check to Friedman again, who bet and was quickly raised. He repopped it to 900 - call.
.
for the low. Chop chop!
